624 - SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
(USA release; 1961; Mexico; NR; 89m)

a.k.a. EL SANTO CONTRA LAS MUJERES VAMPIROS (original/Mexico)
a.k.a. EL SANTO VS. LAS MUJERES VAMPIROS
a.k.a. SANTO VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
a.k.a. EL SANTO CONTRA LAS VAMPIRAS
a.k.a. THE SAINT VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
a.k.a. THE SAINT AGAINST THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
a.k.a. LAS MUJERES VAMPIROS
a.k.a. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
a.k.a. SUPERMAN CONTRE LE FEMMES VAMPIRES (France)
a.k.a. SUPERMAN VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN

Ad: "Solo un hombre de acero...
de agilidad de pantera,
es capaz de luchar contra las MUJERES VAMPIRO...
y ese hombre es...SANTO!"

Translation: "Only one man with the ferocity...
with the agility of a panther,
is able to fight against the VAMPIRE WOMEN...
and that man is...SANTO!"

Plot: Vampire women and their musclemen vampire slaves try to get a new queen, but are thwarted by Samson (actually Santo).

Prod: Luis Garcia DeLeon (102-The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy)
Prod: Alberto Lopez (Samson in the Wax Museum)
Prod/USA: K. Gordon Murray (*102; 521-Santa Claus)
Dir/Scr: Alfonso Corona Blake (Samson in the Wax Museum)
Dir/USA: Manuel San Fernando (102; Puss'n'Boots)
Scr/Sto: Rafael Garcia Travesi (scr/Little Red Riding Hood)
Sto: Antonio Orellana
Sto: Fernando Oses (also actor)
Cin: Jose Ortiz Ramos (Samson in the Wax Museum)
M/U: Roman Juarez (Face of the Screaming Werewolf)
Ed: Jose W. Bustos (Samson in the Wax Museum)
PDes: Roberto Silva (Curse of the Crying Woman)
Set: Ernesto Carrasco (Day of the Evil Gun)
Sound: Javier Mateos (Curse of the Crying Woman)
Sound: Galdino Samperio (A Night in Havana)
Score: Raul Lavista (Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters)
Song by Fabian Grey: Love's Sonata

Samson a.k.a. El Santo / Rodolfo Guzman Huerta*
Vampire Priestess Tandra / Orfelia Montesco (Exterminating Angel)
Diana Orloff / Maria Duval (Santo Vs. the Strangler)
Professor Orloff / Augusto Benedico (The Exterminating Angel)
Thorina, Queen of the Vampires / Lorena Velazquez
(Doctor of Doom; Wrestling Women Vs. The Aztec Mummy)
Jorge, Diana's fiance / Xavier Loya (Curse of the Doll People)
Inspector Andrews / Jaime Fernandez (Vengeance of the Hanged)
vampire slave / wrestler Fernando Oses (Santo Vs. The Kidnappers)
Black Mask / Lobo Negro (The Beast of Hollow Mountain)
vampire slave / wrestler Frankenstein a.k.a. Nathanael Leon
(Samson in the Wax Museum)
Orloff's butler / Carlos Robles Gil (Raices)
coroner / Victor Velazquez (Samson in the Wax Museum)
detective at main gate / Rene Barrera (El Topo)
Santo's double / Alfredo Wally Barron
(Face of the Screaming Werewolf)
ring announcer / Picoro
wrestler Caveman Wellington / Cavernario Galindo
(La Bestia Magnifica)
himself / wrestler Ray Mendoza
himself / wrestler The Black Shadow
detective at party / Ricardo Adalid (Lola Torbellino)
nightclub singer / Fabian Grey
waiter / Armando Acosta (Rehearsal for a Crime)
with Eduardo Bonada (La Bestia Magnifica)
Baby Bonales
Laura Marquetti

Trivia: This is the sixth of some 50 Mexican wrestling movies which starred the masked EL SANTO (The Saint), renamed "Samson" in English language versions. RODOLFO GUZMAN HUERTA (1917-1984) achieved fame in Mexico as pro wrestler El Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata (The Silver Maskman). He was more than a Hulk Hogan of his day and nation. Because he stood for decency and fairplay, Santo was beloved and adored by his many fans, not just for his wrestling talents. When the movie character Santo wasn't wrestling, he was a crimefighter, traveling in his silver Bentley which matched his silver mask and cape. Santo always wore his mask whenever he was in public, even when he was not performing. When he retired, his son took over the role, and continues to wrestle under the name El Santo, and like his father, always wears the mask.

Last Updated: 6/26/1999